Toy and process of manufacturing the same.



S. L. MclNTlBE. TOY ANDPROCESS OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME.

AFPLICATION FILED ocr. 10, 1912.

Patented Sept. 10, 1918.

A TTORil/EVS STEPHEN LEONARD MCINTIRE, OF SPRINGFIELD, MISSOURI.

TOY AND PROCESS" OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. re, 1918.

Application filed October 10, 1917. Serial No. 195,851.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, STEPHEN L. MOIN- TIRE, acitizen of the United States, and a resident of Springfield, in the county of Greene and State of Missouri, have invented a new and Improved Toy and Processes of Manufacturing the Same, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

My invention has for its objects to provide a toy consisting of a plurality of blocks on which characters may be printed, the blocks being united by one or more pieces of tape to permit the blocks to change their positions relatively to each other, when one of the end blocks is manipulated.

Another object of the invention is to construct the blocks each of two cardboard parts which are formed from a single sheet of cardboard bentand with slots cut therein to dispose the parts ofeach block in juxtaposition. The inner surfaces of the parts are then coated with glue, the pieces of tape are disposed around the parts and in the slots, the parts are bound together with the glue, and the bent edge of the sheet of cardboard is cut to separate the blocks from each other.

Still another object of the invention is to )rovide a member secured at one end to a lock and at the other end to a tape connecting the blocks so that with the movement of the blocks relatively to each other, the member will be opened and be closed.

Additional objects of the invention will appear in the following specification in which the preferred form of my invention is described.

In the drawings similar reference charac-.

ters refer to similar parts in all the Views, in which Figure 1 is a view showing in elevation a piece of cardboard from which the blocks are manufactured,

Fig. 2 is a view showing the piece of cardboard after it has been folded at the dotted line illustrated in Fig. 1,

Fig. 3 is a side elevation of Fig. 2,

Fig. 4 is a perspective view illustrating the completed toy.

Fig. 5 is a view showing in elevation another manner of manufacturing the toy.

Fig. 6 is a view illustrating a modified form of the invention, and

Fig. 7 is a sectional view on the line 7-7 of Fig. 6.

By referring to the drawings, it will be there may be printed or attached any desired characters such as letters, or, if desired, pictures may be printed on the parts 11 and 12 between the slots 14. The side slots 14: do not extend to the dotted longitudinal line 13. Characters or pictures having been indicated or attached to one of the sides of the member 10, the other side of the said memher is coated with glue, after which the 1nember 10 isbent at the dotted line 13 with the pictures or characters disposed at the outer sides. This having been done, a piece of tape 15 is wound around the parts 11 and 12between the slots and the piece of tape is disposed through the slots 14 in a manner which I will now describe.

This piece of tape is disposed around the part 11 above theupper slot 14: and then extends against the face of the part 11 at 16, through the upper slot 14L in the part 11, out through the second slot 14 in the part 12 against the outer face of the part 12,

s between the second and third cuts therein,

through the third slot in the part 12, up and out through the second slot in the part 11, down against the outer face of the part 11, between the second and third slots therein, through the third slot in the part 11, out through the fourth slot in .the part 12 against the outer face of the part 12, between the fourth and fifth slots therein, back and out through the fourth slot in the part 11 against the outer face in the part 11, between the fourth and fifth slots, through the fifth slot in the part 11, around the part 11 below the fifth slot and against the outer face of the part 11, in through the fifth slot in the part 11, out through the fourth slot in the part 12, against the outer face of the part 12, through the third slot in the .part 12, back and out through the fourth slot in the part 11, against the outer face of the part 11 between the slots three and four, through the slot three in the part 11, out through the second slot in the part 12 against the outer face of the part 12 between the first and second slots and through the first slot in the part 12, back and out through the second slot in the part 11 two pieces of tape 15 being illustrated inposition in Figs. 2 and 4 of the drawing.

The parts 11 and 12 are then secured together by the glue which has been used to coat the inner faces of the side parts, and when this has been accomplished, the member 10 is cut away at the line 16 which is illustrated in Fig. 2 of the drawings; this said line extending to the slot 14, so that when the bent portion of the member 10 is removed, blocks 17 will be formed, the said blocks being separated by the slots 14 which have been referred to. a

With the completed toy, it is possible to move the blocks 17 relatively to each other by supporting the toy by an end block and folding the end block alternately down against one side of the adjacent block and then. down in the other direction against the block which has'been moved toa position next to the end block.

By referring to Fig. 8, it will be seen that when the upper block is moved outwardly to the left and is inverted downwardly against the block next thereto, the last men-- tioned block will move outwardly to the right and it will pivot at its bottom inverting downwardly against the next block which will move outwardly to the left and invert downwardly, and so on with all the blocks therebelow. When the upper block is then moved outwardly to the right and is -inverted downwardly, the block which is now next thereto will move outwardly to the left and invert downwardly;,the next block will move outwardly to the right and invertdownwardly, blocks.

In Fi 5 of the drawings, I show a means by whic a number of toys may be manufactured in a single operation. In this construction the pieces of tape 16 are wound around the members in between the slots after which the separate toys are severed and so on with the remaining from each other by cutting along the lines 18.

In Figs. 6 and 7, I illustrate another form of the invention in which an additional tape 19 is disposed between the parts 11 and 12 before they are glued together, this additional tape 19 extending from the bottom of one of the blocks 17 formed by the said parts 11 and 12 against the outer face of aavavoi the blocks, and its other end 22 secured to the tape 19 which is disposed against a face of the next adjoining blocln When this construction is employed with the toy which is illustrated in Fig. 4 of the drawings, the members 20, which are preferably constructed with folds, are closed with the operation of the toy.

I claim:

1. A process of manufacturing a toy consisting of providing a member, coated with glue on one side, the member being bent to form two folds with the glue at the inner side and the member being provided with parallel slots in each fold which extend through the edge of the member, the wear-- ing of a flexible member around the folds and through the slots, the securing of the folds together with the glue and the cutting off of the first member at its bent portion and to the slots.

2. A process of manufacturing a toy consisting of providing a member coated with glue on one side, bending the member to form two folds with the glue at the inner side and with parallel slots in each fold extending through the edge of the member, weaving of a flexible member from the outer 0a side of one fold through the first slot therein to the second slot in the other fold against the outer side of the other fold between the second and third slots, through the 'third slot in the other fold back to the second slot in the said first fold, against the outer side of said first fold, through the third slot in the first fold to and through the fourth slot in said other fold, against the outer side of said other fold, through the fifthslot therem in "back to and through the fourth slot in said first fold, against the outer side of said first fold through the fifth slot in said firstfold and around the first fold, the flexible member being disposed around the folds in and through the slots in the opposite di rection by the same system of winding.

3. In a toy, a plurality of blocks disposed end to end, a flexible means, adjacent blocks being secured together by the flexible means which is secured at one set of ends of the blocks and which is disposed at one set of faces of alternate blocks and at the other set of faces of the other blocks; and a second flexible means, the adjacent blocks being also secured together by the second flexible means which is secured at the other set of ends of the blocks and which is disposed against the face of each block which is opposite the face against which the first fleximas er bie means is disposed, an additional flexible member secured to an end of a block, the additional flexible member being disposed against a face of the next block and being secured to an end thereof, and a vfolding member secured at one end to the first block and at the other end to the additional flexible member at the face of the second block.

4. In a toy, two blocks, a flexible member secured to an end of one of the blocks, the flexible member being disposed against a face of the neXt block and being secured to i an end thereof, and a folding member secured at one end to the first block and at the other end to the flexible member at the face of the second block.

5. A process of manufacturing a toy consisting of providing a member coated with glue on one side, bending the member to form two folds with the glue at the inner side and with parallel slots in each fold extending through the edges of the member. the wearing of a flexible member fromthe outer side of one fold through the first slot therein to the second slot in the other fold against the outer side of the other fold between the second and third slots, through the third slot in the said other fold, back to the second slot in the said first fold, against the outer side of said first fold, through the third slot in the first fold to and through the fourth slot in said other fold, against the outer side of said other fold, through the fifth slot therein, back to and through the fourth slot in said first fold against the outer side of said first fold, through the fifth slot in said first fold and around the first fold, the flexible member being disposed around the folds, and in and through the slots in the opposite direction by the same system of winding; the two folds being then secured together and to the flexible member between the folds with the glue and the first member being cut of at its bent portion and to the parallel slots.

STEPHEN LEONARD MCINTIRE. 

